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Signs & Symptoms

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The main symptom of depression is a sad, despairing mood that:

• is present most days and lasts most of the day

• lasts for more than two weeks

• impairs the person’s performance at work, at school or in social relationships.

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Other symptoms of depression include:

• changes in appetite and weight

• sleep problems

• loss of interest in work, hobbies, people or sex

• withdrawal from family members and friends

• feeling useless, hopeless, excessively guilty, pessimistic or having low self-esteem

• agitation or feeling slowed down

• irritability

• fatigue

• trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions

• crying easily, or feeling like crying but being not able to

• thoughts of suicide (which should always be taken seriously)

• a loss of touch with reality, hearing voices (hallucinations) or having strange ideas (delusions).

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